Closed tender

Distribution of Out Patient Pharmacy prescriptions

Details

Value
£300,000
Topic
Courier services
Published
5 November 2024
Submission
19 November 2024

Tender description

courier service to deliver out patient prescriptions. Split into the following 3 lots - Lot 1 Local deliveries (S & DN Postcodes). Lot 2 Out of area deliveries. Lot 3 - Specialist deliveries (cold chain & Controlled drugs) Lot 1: Further competition to be held under EOE CPH - Specialist Pharmacy Courier Services DPS (Ref: 2021/S 000-000597) for procurement of courier services to deliver prescriptions for Crucible Pharmacy Ltd. (wholly owned subsidiary of Sheffield Teaching Hospitals). This requirement will be split into 3 lots - Lot 1 Local deliveries (S & DN Postcodes). Lot 2 Out of area deliveries. Lot 3 - Specialist deliveries (cold chain & Controlled drugs). With suppliers able to bid on 1 or more of the lots.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Tender published5 November 2024
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Submission date19 November 2024

About the buyer

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is an NHS trust serving Sheffield, South Yorkshire and beyond, with over 18,500 staff. The Trust's Procurement Department also manages procurement and logistics for Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust. Most contracts are placed through national NHS procurement frameworks. Where a framework route isn't available, tenders are advertised through the Atamis supplier registration portal. Regional buying power is pooled through the South Yorkshire Integrated Care System Procurement Collaborative. The Trust is also a member of the Shelford Group of NHS teaching hospitals.

UK health spending has nearly quadrupled to £241.8bn in 2024/25, £20bn up on the year before. £140.6bn of that went to procurement, the biggest sector of UK public spending and the fastest-growing.

Over the past 5 years, most of Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's contract awards have been in repair and maintenance, health and social work, and medical equipment and pharmaceuticals.

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  • 64120000 · Courier services

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